SOURCES SOUGHT
X -- Parking at 6701 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD
- Notice Date
- 12/4/2019 12:30:29 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 812930
— Parking Lots and Garages
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA ROCKVILLE MD 20852 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- 75N95020Q00011
- Response Due
- 12/11/2019 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/26/2019
- Point of Contact
- Hunter Tjugum, Phone: 3018275304
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov)
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought (SBSS) notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification in System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.This notice is issued to help determine the availability and type of qualified Small Business companies technically capable of meeting this potential government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only.The information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method including small business socio-economic set-aside possibilities and to determine the availability of qualified Small Business companies technically capable of meeting the Government’s potential requirement. All Small Business companies with the capability and availability to perform the requirement under the applicable NAICS code are invited to submit a response to this notice.NORTH AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODEThe NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 812930 - Parking Lots and Garages with associated small business size standard of 38.5 Million USD. BACKGROUND The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is a translational science center that prides itself on its productive pipeline and is innovative in a number of ways. NCATS brings together a diverse range of scientists, including medicinal chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and engineers, in order to ultimately translate basic science into real products and services that help improve people’s lives.NCATS currently has employees working at 6701 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda MD 20892. The NCATS staff that work at this location have been using the adjacent onsite parking garage since NCATS was established as a federal agency in 2012. The existing contract for the same requirement that provides NCATS employees parking at this location was awarded as a Fixed-Price Purchase Order type of contract issued to Parking Management, Inc. (PMI) via contract number 75N95019P00049 for total contract value $64,050.00 on 12/31/2018. Purpose and ObjectivesThis Small Business Sources Sought notice seeks to determine eligible sources capable of achieving the essential features of this potential requirement. The purpose of this potential requirement is to obtain contractor services to provide onsite parking spaces for official Government use at the NCATS headquarter location at 6701 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892.Project Requirements This Small Business Sources Sought notice seeks responses from qualified sources that are capable of providing the following salient service requirements of this potential government requirement deemed as the essential features needing to be achieved. Specifically, Offerors to this Small Business Sources Sought notice shall possess the capability to provide the following.Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work below:Specifically, NCATS has a potential requirement for an annual contract for a required number of parking spaces for official Government use of a specified number of spaces for Government employees. The purpose of this potential requirement is to procure sixty-five unreserved and four reserved parking spaces at a parking structure adjacent to the headquarters building for National Center of Advancing Translational Sciences located at 6701 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892. The Offeror shall have the ability to provide the following licenses and parking fobs for its users to park immediately adjacent to the NCATS headquarters for 69 parking spaces total. The 69 total parking spaces are broken down between sixty-five (65) regular (unreserved) parking spaces and four (4) reserved spaces (for the NCATS Director, Deputy Director, Associate Director for Administration and DCI Director).Offerors submitting a response to this Small Business Sources Sought notice shall possess the ability to achieve the salient government essential features identified in this notice and provide documented evidence to be able to fully achieve the characteristicis of the subject requirement described herein.Period of Performance/Type of Contract The period of performance will be effective for 12 months from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. A fixed-price type of Purchase Order contract is anticipated.CAPABILITY STATEMENTS/INFORMATION SOUGHT Interested parties are expected to review this notice to familiarize itself with the requirements of this project. Failure to do so will be at your firm's own risk.Respondents must provide clear and convincing evidence of possessing the knowedge, skills, abilities and experience to successfully perform the requirements described in this announcement. Detailed prior experience in implementing similar requirements to the requirement described in this announcement must be clearly delineated in any response provided.Respondents must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability in providing services specified in this notice. Respondents must provide a general overview of the respondents' opinions about the difficulty and /or feasibility of the potential requirement, and any information regarding innovative ideas or concepts.The Respondent must also provide information in sufficient detail of the respondents' (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, or other related information.The respondent must also provide their DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc.) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements.One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2” x 11” paper size, with 1” top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. The response is limited to ten (10) pages. The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, CV’s or references, if requested.The information submitted must be must be in and outline format that addresses each of the elements of the product requirement. A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required.The response must include the respondents’ technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses.All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted.Respondents must reference the announcement number on all correspondence related to this Small Business Sources Sought notice. The response must be submitted to Hunter Tjugum electronically, at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov, and be received prior to the closing date specified in this announcement. CONCLUDING STATEMENTSDisclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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